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The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: A critical analysis of the consequences and protective measures

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  1. S. T. Belyaev
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Russian Science Center, Kurchatov Institute. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 393–401, December, 1997

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Belyaev, S.T., Demin, V.F. & Osmachkin, V.S. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: A critical analysis of the consequences and protective measures. At Energy 83, 855–862 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02418091

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